Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 2898

Question

I created an MSI installer with WiX 3.8 and I get this kind of errors in the MSI log when installing it:

MSI (c) (7C:80) [19:14:45:819]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT Message FROM Error WHERE Error = 2898
Info 2898.For WixUI_Font_Title textstyle, the system created a 'Tahoma' font, in 0 character set, of 14 pixels height.

How can I fix these errors?
Or maybe they are known WiX/MSI issues that can be safely ignored?

My WiX script is extremely simple, it just installs a shell extension and does not mess with SQL nor fonts, so I have no idea where these errors come from.

The documentation for error 2898 does not give details.

From the GUI point of view, the installation finishes with no visible problem.

Answer 1

This is an informational message, which is only output when using the verbose switch of the logging functionality of msiexec, i.e. msiexec /i installer.msi /l*v log.log.

As you might already know, the msi file generated by your project is a relational database. The line looking like SQL in your log is in fact only stating which message is selected from the Error Table in the msi database. Oftentimes, strings stored in the Error Table are not errors but simply informational messages.

This particular message informs you which TextStyle is used in the current Dialog. You can set the TextStyle either by specifying the reserved property DefaultUIFont or by explicitly defining which style to use for each Control. This is done by prefixing the name of the style in the text attribute of a control element like so:

<TextStyle Id="MyStyle"
  FaceName="Tahoma"
  Size="14"
  Bold="yes" />
<Control Id="styledText"
  Type="Text"
  X="50" Y="50"
  Width="200" Height="20"
  Text="{\MyStyle}A styled message" />